Indonesian Record, 19.2 Pound, Baby Draws Spectators

[Elmore Furth]

Here's the new Indonesian record holder for highest birth weight.

September 25, 2009
9:19 p.m. ET

KISARAN, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's heaviest-ever newborn drew curious crowds Friday to a hospital where the boy named Akbar -- or the Great in Arabic -- came into the world at a record 19.2 pounds (8.7 kilograms).

Akbar Risuddin was born to a diabetic mother in a 40-minute cesarean delivery that was complicated because of his unusual weight and size, Dr. Binsar Sitanggang said.

Crowds pushed to get a peek of the extraordinary boy, who measured nearly 24 inches (62 centimeters) when he was born Monday, at the Abdul Manan hospital in the northern town of Kisaran on the island of Sumatra.

Guinness World Records cites the heaviest baby as being born in the U.S. in 1879, weighing 23.75 pounds (10.4 kilograms). However, it died 11 hours after birth. The book also cites 22.5-pound (10.2-kilogram) babies born in Italy in 1955 and in South Africa in 1982.

Giant Baby Draws Spectators to Indonesian Hospital
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[appamado amata padam]

1. Posted before as "Mutant Baby" -

Made me a little bit sad, even if it was the correct medical terminology.

Hope he can live as healthy life as possible, and not be treated as a freak...

[Deja Q]

3. All babies are ugly, that's a scientific fact. I think he'll grow up healthy...

Chances are good he'll live a good, normal life, despite this. Not that I'm a doctor, of course...

[appamado amata padam]

4. Let's hope so -

saw at least one other thread trying to put some political/humor spin on it. Jeez, can we just let people have their personal lives.

Peace.

[Deja Q]

2. If Godzilla and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man got together, THAT is the result.

You sure Baby Rampage there isn't yawning but is about to get up out of the crib and start stomping on everybody? :scared:

Lastly, bottle-feeding only. He'll probably eat the bottle in the process...

:yoiks: